Women’s apparel, including hats, bags, shoes, jewelry, accessories and more. In business for more than 20 years.
Hard Times Skate shop in Portsmouth, Virginia offers everything for the skating enthusiast including decks, wheels, trucks, accessories, t-shirts, socks, footwear, hoodies, and much, much more. Hard Times Skate Shop is located inside of Cradock’s Historic Afton Square Shopping Centre and just a few blocks away from George Washington Skate Park. Some of the things …
Family owned for over 20 years. It’s not just new and pre-owned bikes you’ll find at Bayside Harley-Davidson. You’ll also find all the gear you need to look great and stay safe on the road, as well as a committed service and parts team with the ability to keep your Harley running great for years …
Retail chain selling athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, and licensed team merchandise.
Family-owned since 1947, this garden center offers a wide variety of seeds, plants, flags, and other decorative items for the home.
Primarily known for building decks and porches, MNK has a unique outdoor showroom of patio and deck furniture for sale.
The Olde Towne Portsmouth Farmers Market primarily focuses on food and farm-related products, but also features soaps, candles, jewelry, and handsewn/knitted items (masks, hats, scarves, aprons — and even dog apparel)! The market also offers some arts/crafts items offered based on space available as the season progresses. You can enjoy the Olde Towne Portsmouth Farmers …
Cedar Grove Cemetery was established in 1831 as the first secular cemetery in the town of Portsmouth and is on the National Register of Historic Places. This Virginia historical site contains more than 4000 graves with monuments dating back to the late 1700s. The funerary art offers notable examples of Greek Revival, Exotic Revival, and …
Oak Grove Cemetery, sometimes referred to as Portlock Cemetery, holds the remains of over 13,000 people. This Virginia historical site opened in 1850. The cemetery is home to civil war veterans, victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic, and many notable Portsmouth citizens such as Congressmen Harry Lee Maynard and Norman Hamilton, Congressional Medal of Honor …
The Mt. Calvary Cemetery Complex is a Virginia historical site that opened in 1879, although some burials occurred earlier. The historically African-American cemetery holds over 8,000 memorials and some scholars estimate as many as 15,000 gravesites. The 13-acre complex consists of Mount Calvary Cemetery, Mount Olive Cemetery, Fisher’s Hill, and a potter’s field where the …
Trinity Church is a Virginia historical site founded in 1762. The church was originally made up of just the central rectangle with the barrel vault and clear glass windows. After the Revolutionary War, the north wall was rebuilt from the British fortification raised by General Benedict Arnold. The bell in the bell tower was cracked …
The Trinity Episcopal Church cemetery contains the remains of many Revolutionary War soldiers. Perhaps the most famous of those buried at this Virginia historical site are James Barron, Commander of the U S Frigate Chesapeake when attacked by the HMS Leopard in 1807. The result was his celebrated duel with Stephen Decatur in 1820.a
Founded in 1772, the Portsmouth Methodist congregation did not adopt the name Monumental Methodist until the 1870s. It was founded by a missionary visiting Hampton Roads by the name of Robert WIlliams. He arrived and was not well received in Norfolk, but when he came to Portsmouth, Issac Luke, a Portsmouth man took the missionary …
Court Street Baptist Church, founded in 1789, was burned down and rebuilt in1901 of pink granite quarried in Salisbury, N. C. This Virginia historical site is one of only two Baptist churches in this exuberant Romanesque Revival style in the nation. The other is in Tennessee. The stained glass is also exceptional in its design, …
St. Paul’s is the oldest Catholic congregation in Portsmouth. The church began holding services in 1803. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it’s an excellent example of a compact Gothic Revival style, cruciform plan church. It is constructed of load-bearing masonry walls clad in quarry-faced granite. This Virginia historical site was designed by …
First Presbyterian Church, a Virginia historical site, was organized in 1822. The cornerstone of the first church building had been laid on August 15, 1821 on a lot at the northwest corner of the intersection of Middle and London Streets. At that time, it was named The Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth. Fire destroyed the building …
St. John’s Church, a Virginia historical site, was established by the Diocese of Virginia in May 1848 as the second Episcopal congregation in Portsmouth. The original Greek Revival building was located near the corner of Court and London Streets. During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1855, James Chisholm, the church’s first priest, remained in Portsmouth …
Enslaved residents who were members of the African Methodist Church, later known as Emanuel A.M.E. Church, escaped from Portsmouth aboard vessels that plied the waterways that headed to points north. These freedom seekers included Clarissa Davis and her two brothers William and Charles, and sister. Members such as Anthony Blow and Moses Wines were also …
On the first Sunday in January 1865, John W. Godwin, Dennis Morris, and his wife and son, along with Phillip Ackins, John Williams, and Susan King secured the use of Temperance Hall, at the corner of South and Middle Streets. They held services at this Virginia historical site and organized themselves as the First Colored …
Zion Baptist Church, a Virginia historical site, is among the oldest of the African-American congregations in Portsmouth. The church was organized in 1865, some two years after the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves was signed by President Lincoln. The original pioneers, numbering 318, having known a basement form of worship, were amicably granted a letter …
Now the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center of Portsmouth, Chevra T’helim was founded In 1917 when four families, formerly members of Portsmouth’s orthodox Gomley Chesed Synagogue, decided to found their own orthodox synagogue and call it Chevra T’helim which means “family of psalms.” The land was acquired in 1918, and the building was erected soon …
A monument commemorating the last public appearance of William F “Buffalo Bill” Cody on November 11, 1916. He traveled around the country with his Wild West show bringing a part of American lore back east for all to enjoy.